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A worker injured in a traffic accident who received a settlement for a workers’ compensation claim in Wisconsin may
proceed with a claim in Indiana, where the crash occurred, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.

Four justices found that Indiana Code 9-30-10-16 indicating when a person commits a Class D felony while driving with a suspended
license is not unconstitutionally vague and evidence supports a man’s conviction of Class D felony operating a motor
vehicle as a habitual traffic violator.

In a four-page per curiam decision, the Indiana Supreme Court reinstated the trial court’s 47-year sentence of Roger
Bushhorn, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his escape, kidnapping and assault of jail officials.

A southern Indiana lawyer who entered into an agreement with another attorney to handle some of his cases due to his suspension
from practice is not entitled to prejudgment interest on his portion of a client fee, the Indiana Court of Appeals held.

The LaPorte County courts and clerk’s offices are the latest to join the case management system implemented by the Division
of State Court Administration’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee.

The Indiana Supreme Court found no harm was done when an uncooperative defendant’s mouth was covered by a bailiff in
order to quiet the man, so the trial court correctly denied the defendant’s motion for a mistrial.

Court of Appeals Judge Carr L. Darden will establish a scholarship in the name of himself and his wife of 57 years at his
alma mater, the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. The judge and other officials announced the scholarship
Wednesday during his Statehouse retirement ceremony.

The lawsuit for collusion brought by 13 North Gibson School Corporation bus drivers against the school corporation as a result
of bids for a transportation services contract failed on interlocutory appeal before the Indiana Court of Appeals.

The two environmental organizations challenging the construction of Interstate 69 in southern Indiana lost in federal court
Tuesday. The lawsuit filed by Hoosier Environmental Council and Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads dealt with the stretch
of the interstate from Washington, Ind. to Scotland, Ind.

The Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneur Clinic has been selected by the United States Patent
and Trademark Office to take part in the agency’s Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program beginning this
fall.

Based on a sparse record of evidence that the District Court could consider in determining whether a man can be sentenced
under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the government didn’t meet its burden to
prove two of the man’s previous convictions from events on the same day were separate predicate offenses under the Act.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the Indianapolis Housing Agency, finding the agency had a qualified
privilege to report an employee’s suspected criminal conduct while on the job.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with an Indiana federal court that a construction company that entered into a working
agreement with a cement masons union had to contribute to two funds for all hours worked, not just bargaining unit work.

The Indiana Court of Appeals will celebrate Judge Carr Darden’s 18 years of service at a retirement ceremony July 25.
Darden is leaving the court because will turn 75 Saturday, the age of mandatory retirement. He will continue to serve as a
senior judge.